Session Kitchen

You’ve heard the term “farm-to-table,” but how about “warehouse-to-table”? No, this isn’t Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World; it’s Infinite Harvest, a vertical-hydroponic farm in Lakewood. The farm, which harvested its first crops in March, has the means to eventually produce 65,000 pounds of greens...

Musical Instrument Drive: Colorado nonprofit Bringing Music to Life is spearheading this year’s instrument drive, originally established by Colorado Public Radio in 2009. The drive, which runs from March 16 to 28, aims to collect gently used band and orchestra instruments, which will be repaired...

The Neighborhood: Platt Park
At the turn of the 20th century, the Platt Park neighborhood—then a separate city from Denver—was a bustling borough of five-and-dime shops and sprawling family homes connected to the city by a clanking trolley line that ran up Pearl Street. As the Mile High City...

Veterans to Farmers: Scrap that weeknight casserole you were planning and head to Session Kitchen for a big plate of patriotism (and delicious dishes) on Tuesday night. The South Pearl Street eatery—which made 5280’s list of Best New Restaurants in early 2014—is donating 20 percent of all...

Not only is August National Peach Month, it’s also the height of the Palisade crop. Eat the golden orbs straight (and over the sink) but also celebrate summer’s bounty with these dishes, desserts, and cocktails.
The Avenue Grill
Chef Andrew Lubatty showcases Colorado peaches two ways at the...

In March of 2013 I had dinner at Uncle. I ordered a special—a riff on corned beef hash that featured corned beef tongue—that Tommy Lee and his crew put together for St. Patrick’s Day. Uncle plated a crescent moon of diced tongue next to coins of confit fingerling potato, parsley...

In the time that has elapsed since my last visit to Session Kitchen, there have been several dishes I haven’t stopped thinking about. Among them: chef Scott Parker’s griddled kale hearts salad. As I praise in our June review, the salad was a gorgeous tangle of textures, flavors, and colors. It...

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Session Kitchen, the 11,000-square-foot restaurant in the former Izakaya Den space on Old South Pearl Street, is as much urban art gallery as it is one of Denver’s most-...

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Johnson & Wales students, all baking and pastry arts majors, competed in the Gingerbread Takeover from December 6–8. Final judging took place on Thursday in the lobby of the Sheraton Downtown Denver hotel. All photos by Sarah Boyum

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The American Society of Interior Designers' (ASID) Colorado Chapter decorated the Governor's Residence for the holidays. Holiday tours, free and open to the public, will take place December 8-11 and December 15-18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All photos by Sarah Boyum